What is that thing? Why is that thing? It looks like the vehicles from Aliens. On the windshield, there’s a decal that reads “Apocalypse 6x6.”

  • coolman@lemmy.world
    74·
    1 天前

    I love seeing trucks and cars that are supposedly for the apocalypse. Do you seriously think we’re going to have gas in the apocalypse??? Do you not realize the insane supply chain that needs to exist for you to have gas in your car? You can’t store gas, it goes bad pretty dang quick you dumb fuck. What’s your plan?

    • thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 小时前

      i was thinking about this the other day. In an end of the world as we know it scenario, gasoline will be gone in short order, so most cars will no longer be able to run. which is great.

      However, diesels can be modded to run on other fuels, even used cooking oil. So in theory, if you can get some kind of oil, you can run your diesel. It’s also possible to mod a regular combustion engine to run on ethanol. ethanol is just 100% alcohol. You can make it yourself if you have a still. Albeit, you’d have to have a shitload of grain to get a full tank, you’d still be able to get some fuel every now and then.

      All that being said. If civilization as we know it comes to an end, that just means that we won’t be as connected as we are now. but we’ll still be human, we’ll still want to trade goods, services, art and ideas. You’ll need to connect with your neighbors and cooperate to survive. one will grow something, one will grow something else, one will teach, one will heal, one will brew beers. everyone will meet in the square to exchange their goods and knowledge. so, i guess, if you run out of fuel, just get a horse, or borrow the neighbor’s.

        • thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world
          21·
          6 小时前

          we’re going to see a collapse in our lives due to climate change, I’m convinced. I’ve decided to become the town’s brewer, supposing i can get my hands on enough grain. if we survive the first few years, our new society might be better than this capitalist hellscape we’ve created for ourselves. especially if those billionaires are safely locked away underground…

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
      11·
      17 小时前

      Best part is, this isn’t even a diesel. It’s got a Hellcat engine. For heavy vehicles you’d want diesel to get good torque and fuel economy. That’s why cargo vehicles are almost all diesel powered.

      Even if the refineries kept going in the apocalypse, I’m fairly sure places that distribute fuel would be few and far between. This person would have to refuel a LOT… Might not even make it to the next place with fuel.

    • vodka@feddit.org
      33·
      1 天前

      This is why my “shit hits the fan” vehicle is a 1982 diesel Mercedes.

      That thing will run on anything as fuel. I’ve tried running it on old used motor oil, used hydraulic oil from my car hoist, lamp oil, and yes ofc used fryer oil.

      I’m gonna be cruising in my old ass sedan laughing at the preppers in their modern trucks that can’t run on anything but the most pure of fuels without clogging their injectors.

        • vodka@feddit.org
          5·
          10 小时前

          The only cars that somehow rust faster and more than the doors on my W123 Mercedes.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
        9·
        17 小时前

        Haven’t driven anything made in '82, but I’ll maintain that my friend’s W124 250D was one of the most comfortable car’s I’ve ever driven. It’s the suspension, mostly. Nowadays everything is sporty, but I don’t want sporty 90% of the time, I want to not feel bumps and shit.

        • vodka@feddit.org
          5·
          17 小时前

          They are so goddamned comfortable, not much difference between the W123 from '82 and a W124 for that.

          Though the W124 is a lot better insulated, and thus quite a lot more quiet in the cabin than the W123.

          • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
            2·
            16 小时前

            Yeah I’d love a W124 if I didn’t need ISOFIX for the foreseeable future. They’re just so nice. Particularly if I could get a 300td. Hell I’d probably either keep it stock, or build it to a sensible degree (i.e not a 700hp smoke monster)

              • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
                1·
                3 小时前

                Hey, no judgement there. I just would prefer my daily to be reliable and not roll coal.

                Currently have a 3.0 tdi Audi that someone seems to have remapped while drunk, so it uh… rolls coal, but not the way you’d expect. It produces too much soot when driving quietly, and then after a long drive at steady speeds, when you let the engine live a little, it generates a cloud.

                Being an Audi it’s also not reliable like my Mercs have been, but it has ISOFIX which was my only requirement at the time. Also is a wagon.

                • vodka@feddit.org
                  1·
                  3 小时前

                  It’s been remarkably reliable actually, but yeah if I had built it myself I’d have gone for a reliable 250hp setup.

                  I got the car for a bargain from the guy that built it, because he had let it sit and rot, so the floor had to be replaced to pass safety, and he didn’t have the time to take care of it because of getting kids and working offshore.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      12·
      1 天前

      They don’t think. They feel. They’re little better than toddlers. You wouldn’t ask a child how their blanket is going to protect them from ghosts.